Track for log-carriers



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. A. T. KELLIHER.

TRAOK FOR LOG CARRIERS}. No. 484,436. Patented Oct: 18, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ALFRED T. KELLIHER, OF BETHEL, MAINE.

TRACK FOR LOG-CARRIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,436, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed November 27, 1891. Serial No. 413,228. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED T. KELLIHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bethel, in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tracks for Log-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an eflicient track for log-carriers; and it relates more particularly to the means for supporting the track-rail.

My invention relates to log-carriers of the type described in my patent, No. 448,766, dated March 24, 1891, and in my application, Serial No. 408,564, filed October 18, 1891. Log-carriers of this sort include, in combination with suitable supports, which may be standing trees in the forest ora specially-erected framework, horizontal beams fastened to the said supports and a track-rail secured to the said beams. The track-rail described in my said patent is a cable, while the track-rail described in my said application is by preference a round rod or bar, although other forms are therein suggested. I prefer now to employ a light railroad-rail. This rail I support, according to my present invention, upon peculiarly-constructed bearers, the preferred form consisting of a piece of bar-iron bent to U form and one leg passing over the top of the longitudinal beam and the other inturned,so as to clamp the beam, or being driven into the rear face of the beam. The beam itself may be a squared timber or a round log.

.In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a log-carrier embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the beam and track-rail and showing the track-bearer in edge view. Figs. 4 and 5 show the U form of track-bearer having one leg driven into the rear side of the beam,tl1e former figure showing the bearer in position to be driven home and the latter figure showing; the bearer in place and supporting the track-rail. Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5, the'beam in this case beingalog. Fig. 7 shows a modification of the bearer in Figs. 4 and 5, the track-rail being supported on the front side of the beam. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the bearer detached.

In the drawings, A represents the upright member of a support, B a ground-timber, and G a diagonal brace.

E represents a track-beam, which may be bolted to the support.

F represents a bearer. In the preferred construction this bearer is made from bar-iron bent into a U form, the short leg being passed beneath the track-beam, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or driven into the rear face thereof, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 7. The longer member of the bearer rests on the top of the beam and is provided at its front end with lugsff to form a chair for the rail G, which in the instance shown is alight railroad-rail, although it may be of any other desired form, and the lugs may be modified to adapt them to hold different forms of track-rail. Said lugs may be malleable, so that when the rail is in place they may be hammered down upon it to hold it. Spikes F are used to secure the bearer to the beam. In order to provide room for the frame of the truck I, I prefer to project the end of the bearer beyond the vertical plane of the front side of the beam, as seen in Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive.

It is a matter of prime importance in the construction of log-carriers to support the track-rail as rigidly as possible in order to withstand the enormous weights and the tendency of the track to get out of line. It is also of importance to have the bearers of such form that they may be cheaply constructed and rapidly secured in place. These several req uisites are provided by myimproved construction, and I do not limit myself to the details thereof.

This carrier may be used for carrying lumber, coal, sugar-cane, stone, and other bulky articles.

I claim- 1. A log-carrier track comprising a trackbeam and track-bearers composed of metal bars having an angular portion thereof inclos ing one corner of saidbeam and secured therewith and their forward ends adapted to hold the track-rail, substantially as described.

2. In a log-carrier track, the combination, with .the track-beam, of bearers consisting of metal bars of U form with legs of unequal length, the longer leg passing across the top of the beam and adapted to hold the trackrail and the shorter leg engaging the rear face of the beam, substantially as described.

3. In a lo -carrier track, the combination, with the track-beam, of bearers consisting of metal bars of U form with legs of unequal length, the longer leg passing across the top of the beam and adapted to hold the trackrail and the shorter leg engaging the rear face of the beam by being driven into the face thereof, substantially as described.

4. In a log-carrier track, the combination,

with the track-beams, of bearers consisting of metal bars of U form with legs of unequal length, the longer leg passing across the top of the beam and adapted to hold the trackrail and the shorter leg engaging the rear face of the beam and driven into said face and the bearer being spiked to the beam, substantially as described.

ALFRED T. KELLII-IER. Witnesses:

C. C. LINTHICUM,

N. M. BOND. 

